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South-East Asian firms test Hong Kong waters amid IPO surge
South-east Asian companies have mostly sat out Hong Kong’s 2025 listing boom, but a cautious revival may be under way with four more…
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Apple CEO tells staff AI is ‘ours to grab’ in hourlong pep talk
Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook, holding a rare all-hands meeting following earnings results, rallied employees around the…
Politics
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
The memo lays out the need to persuade top Pentagon officials to get much more serious about using the military to combat illegal…
Business
Brunei tweaks Bridgewater bet to a lucrative 20% stake in firm
Brunei’s sovereign wealth fund pulled money from an investment in a Bridgewater Associates strategy to buy an almost 20 per cent stake in…
Business
Barclays says credit liquidity premium gone as e-trading thrives
This premium has shrunk as electronic credit trading has boomed, bringing more liquidity to the market, according to the report The…
Business
Barclays latest British lender to quit climate banking alliance
The NZBA lists more than 100 members on its website, including leading international financial institutions Barclays has become the latest…
Business
Meta to share AI infrastructure costs via US$2 billion asset sale
Meta Platforms is pressing ahead with efforts to bring in outside partners to help fund the massive infrastructure needed to power…
Politics
ICE Recruiting Tactics Are Pissing Off Local Sheriffs Nationwide
Jonathan Thompson, executive director and CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association, told NBC the move was “inappropriate behavior of a…
Politics
JD Vance Praised Jobs Report That Trump Now Says Was a Hoax
“This case’s underlying question, then, asks whether parolees who escaped oppression will have the chance to plead their case within a…
Politics
Trump Fires BLS Chief After Jobs Report Reveals How Bad Economy Is
Trump on Friday proved that fears about the president manipulating official data in his favor are founded, as he fired Erika McEntarfer,…
Politics
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shuts Down Thanks to Trump’s Cuts
“This case’s underlying question, then, asks whether parolees who escaped oppression will have the chance to plead their case within a…
Politics
Why Is Ghislaine Maxwell Being Transferred to a Nicer Prison?
Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a minimum-security prison amid speculations that Donald Trump might pressure the Epstein…
Politics
Trump Moves U.S. One Chilling Step Closer to War With Russia
Donald Trump has reportedly ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned closer to Russia after escalating a war of words with former…
News
Trump Is Now Running the Worst Economy Since His Last Term in Office
The last time America’s job numbers were this bad—besides the pandemic—was during the Great Recession. Revisions to the last three months…
Politics
Federal Judge Delivers Scathing Rebuke to Trump’s Deportation Regime
A federal judge offered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump’s massive deportation scheme, while blocking the government’s attempts to remove…
Politics
FBI Reportedly Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The FBI went through the Epstein files and redacted Donald Trump’s name, according to the “FOIA Files” newsletter by reporter Jason…
Politics
Trump Adviser Reminded on Live TV About Last Time Economy Was This Bad
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem put Nepalese, Honduran, and Nicaraguan immigrants next on the chopping block, claiming that the…
Politics
The White House’s Epstein Distraction Campaign Is Getting Desperate
The White House just botched the distraction from its Epstein scandal. A declassified report, intended to add fuel to a debunked theory…
News
Mike Huckabee Goes to Gaza and Declares Everything Is A-OK
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with the U.S.-backed aid organization that’s been setting death traps for starving…
Business
Genting Singapore sees another leadership shuffle with new COO and CFO appointments
Genting Singapore chief financial officer (CFO) Lee Shi Ruh has been appointed president and chief operating officer (COO), filling a…
Politics
Laura Loomer Shares “Tip Line” to Purge More Trump Officials
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem put Nepalese, Honduran, and Nicaraguan immigrants next on the chopping block, claiming that the…
Politics
Judge Strikes Down Trump Law, Says It Was Motivated by Pure Racism
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem put Nepalese, Honduran, and Nicaraguan immigrants next on the chopping block, claiming that the…
Politics
The Trump Administration Is Literally Trying to Rewrite History
“What we need is our political leaders, from the top down, to stop fanning these flames, to stop using irresponsible rhetoric, to stop…
Politics
Trump Has “Accomplished” a Lot. It’s Just That America Hates It.
Then, on Thursday afternoon, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the world that the boss wanted two weeks. If the boss were…